How can one put an accesskey on a Select (Drop down box)

[Jim]

Hi,

How can one put an accesskey on a Select (Drop down box) in a form using
XHTML 1.0? It won¢t validate as follows:

<select accesskey="r" tabindex="3" name="state" size="1">

I can put an accesskey on radio buttons, and text fields without issue.

Thanks

Jim

[Lachlan Hunt]

Jim wrote:

How can one put an accesskey on a Select (Drop down box) in a form using
XHTML 1.0? It won₼t validate as follows:

<select accesskey="r" tabindex="3" name="state" size="1">

<label accesskey="r">State:
<select tabindex="3" name="state">
<option>...</option>
</select>
</label>

Or, if your concerned about the label working properly in IE, then you
have to reference the control with the id, using the for attribute.

<label accesskey="r" for="state">State:</label>
<select tabindex="3" id="state" name="state">
<option>...</option>
</select>

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[Jim]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:04:19 GMT, Lachlan Hunt wrote:

Jim wrote:

How can one put an accesskey on a Select (Drop down box) in a form using
XHTML 1.0? It won₼t validate as follows:

<select accesskey="r" tabindex="3" name="state" size="1">

<label accesskey="r">State:
<select tabindex="3" name="state">
<option>...</option>
</select>
</label>

Or, if your concerned about the label working properly in IE, then you
have to reference the control with the id, using the for attribute.

<label accesskey="r" for="state">State:</label>
<select tabindex="3" id="state" name="state">
<option>...</option>
</select>

Thanks, that validated and works. I used your second approach, but used an
empty label as I have the true "State" label in a difference cell.

Jim

[Lachlan Hunt]

Jim wrote:

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:04:19 GMT, Lachlan Hunt wrote:

<label accesskey="r" for="state">State:</label>
<select tabindex="3" id="state" name="state">
<option>...</option>
</select>

Thanks, that validated and works. I used your second approach, but used an
empty label as I have the true "State" label in a difference cell.

Then put the label the cell where the actual label is. They don't need
to be together as I wrote them, it is fine to seperate them like this,
or any other structure, as long as it conforms to the spec:

<td><label accesskey="r" for="state">State:</label></td>
<td>
<select tabindex="3" id="state" name="state">
<option>...</option>
</select>
</td>
--
Lachlan Hunt
http://lachy.id.au/
http://GetFirefox.com/ Rediscover the Web
http://SpreadFirefox.com/ Igniting the Web